Judge, 1900-05-05 · page 10 of 16
Judge — May 5, 1900 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the early automobile craze through humorous vignettes. The central feature, "The Possibilities of the Automobile Craze," depicts absurd applications of motorized vehicles: a man using an auto-powered cart as a base-stealing device in baseball, a woman's motorized carpet-sweeper, and most comically, a motorized baby carriage piloted by a man with exaggerated features. The surrounding brief jokes employ typical Judge humor: a burglar's politeness to a spinster, a husband's darkly comic remark about his wife taking him to her first husband's grave, and gossip about a widow's propriety. The satire mocks both the automobile industry's overenthusiasm and Victorian society's anxieties about rapid technological change. By imagining ridiculous domestic and recreational applications—turning ordinary activities into motorized spectacles—the cartoonist suggests the era's obsession with mechanization was impractical and somewhat foolish.
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284 ACCEPTED. *¢AAY DEAR mad- M am,” said the gentleman burglar, standing in the dim reflected light of Miss Arabella Oletimer's night - lamp—his voice was soft and low—the time was two a, m.— “My dear madam, might I trouble you for your diamonds and cash—your stocks and bonds — your plate — your "—— “Oh, Lud!" sob- bed Miss Oletimer con- vulsively, “th-this is so sudden—but y-yes —y-you may ask Papa.” RECREATION. *sLJAVE you hada H vacation this summer, Mr, Cavil?” asked Tenspot. “Well, my wile took me to the ceme- tery once to .see the grave of her first hus- above base-stealing auto. LL oebaghaio@? ‘The New Yorks may be able to reach home-plate oftener with the ‘THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE AUTOMOBILE CRAZE, THE PROBLEM. Tt IS said that chewing tobacco is good for the bites of the kissing - bug,” re- marked Spatts. “ But how can the insect be induced to chew tobacco?” asked Bloobumper. HIS REPLY. Mrs. Hornbeak (with asperity)— “Humph! I don't be- lieve Mrs. Huggins, that bold-lookin’ grass- widow, is any better than she ought to be.” Farmer Hornbeak (soothingly) —" Aw, now, Almiry; I guess she is.” T OFTEN happens that a woman's second husband is the most sincere mourner of her first. ‘The baby-carriage auto makes all papas happy. comicbooks.com